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Dylan Beck Artist Statement “Built space expresses a society’s material and political priorities.” A Field Guide to Sprawl Dolores Hayden My sculpture explores the phenomenon of suburban sprawl in the American landscape. Within this domain, my interests range from concepts of land use and automobile-centered planning to the psychological effects of living in the “non-places” of a hypermodern world. Hypermodernity has created places that have no relation to the natural environment in which they reside. These places include airports, shopping malls, and various housing developments, among others. Many decisions regarding spatial relationships within our built environment depend on the flow of goods and consumers from place to place. Unmanaged growth, known as sprawl, has been the cause and/or effect of problems with transportation, the environment, and the economy. At the same time, this growth has created new housing and employment opportunities. I situate my work between criticism and veneration. Likewise, there is a dichotomy in my aesthetic attraction to aerial images of suburban landscapes and my feelings toward the issues they illustrate. I use several tactics to illustrate this dialectic. My sculptures are constructed with materials that are found in the retail and domestic setting along with those used in home construction. Through the examination of aerial photography and satellite imagery I use the same spatial relationships that are inherent in our built environment in my sculptures. The similarities of modern industrial/retail architecture and minimalist sculpture are incorporated into the forms I create through the use of subtle form and design. Curriculum Vitae Education 2008 MFA candidate, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 2006 Post Baccalaureate Fellowship, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 2005 BFA, Cum Laude, Ohio University, Athens, OH Selected Exhibitions 2009 Solo Exhibition, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE 2008 Your Larger Body, Solo MFA Exhibition, Temple Galley, Philadelphia, PA Terra Incognita: Unknown Land an Invitational Exhibition, Curated by Rebecca Harvey, Baltimore Clay Works, Baltimore, MD 2008 NCECA Regional Student Juried Exhibition, jurors: Alleghany Meadows and Kristen Kieffer, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA 2007 Cheltenham Biennial II, A Short Term Strategy: Art in the Future Subjective, Blai Hall, Elkins Park, PA From One State To Another, juror: Gregory Volk, FAB Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA Every Artist Is A Person, Flux Space, Philadelphia, PA Tyler SOA Exhibition, the Chestnut Hill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Craftapalooza, Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park, PA Voxxoxo, jurors: Sheryl Conkelton and Kirby Gookin, Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA Here and Now, The Copy Gallery, Philadelphia, PA Small Favors, invitational, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Ceramic Abstraction, juror: Paula Winokur, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT Selections, Exhibition of works by 1st year MFA students at Tyler, juror: Lorie Mertes, Tyler Gallery, Elkins Park, PA 2006 Thing Thang, juror: Ian Burns, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Illinois State Student Annual, juror: Judy Ledgerwood, Illinois State Gallery, Normal, IL Irving & Jobie Tick Sculpture Award 2005 Industry & Process, Solo BFA Exhibition, Trisolini Gallery, Athens, OH Undergraduate Art League show, Ohio University Gallery, Athens, OH 2004 Watershed Summer Staff Exhibition, Beehive Kiln Gallery, Newcastle, ME Undergraduate Art League show, juror: Todd Slaughter, Ohio University Gallery, Athens, OH, Awarded Best in show, Margaret Brown Krecker prize (chosen by Raymond Tymas-Jones,Dean of Fine Arts) Bibliography 2007 From One State to Another, by Gregory Volk, November 2007 Rival schools set aside differences in name of art, by Roberto Curtis, Spectrum Editor, Commonwealth Times, Section: Spectrum, 12/3/07 Cheltenham Biennial 2007 catalog, by Philip Glahn CAW exhibit mines clays’ boundless possibilities, New Haven Register, Arts, Sunday, April 15 Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Catalog 2007 – 2008 ArtAxis, www.artaxis.org Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, 2007 Summer Residency Book 2005 Ohio University Galleries webpage, http://www.finearts.ohio.edu/art/pages/galleries/index.htm present Ohio University Arts webpage, http://www.finearts.ohio.edu/pages/artsou/index.htm 2005 Artery 2005, Ohio University School of Art Newsletter Visiting Artist Lectures 2007 Arcadia University, Glenside, PA Watershed Center for the Ceramics Arts, Newcastle, ME Artist in Residence 2007 Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts, Newcastle, ME Collections Ohio University School of Art, Athens, OH Illinois State University Ceramics Department, Normal, IL IDL Merchandising Solutions, Butler, PA |
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